HVWP/PDS Study Group Fall 2011 Facilitators: Dotty Feldman & Anita Merando
Session Three: October 26, 2011

3:30 – 3:45 Social Time
3:45 - 4:00 Heart Mapping
  • generating ideas during prewriting
  • individual hearts/group chart
4:00 – 4:15 Writing Prompt
Write about a person, an event, or an object that touched your heart.
Share a piece of your heart!
4:15 – 4:45 Revisiting “Awakening the Heart”
  • Share an idea from the book that “popped” for you
  • Quote the text or cite page
  • Share ideas tried or trying in class
4:45 - 5:00 Organized Inquiry/Examining Student Work
  • Dotty’s lesson on Ordinary to Poetic
  • Student’s process of writing a poem
5:00 - 5:15 Reflection
  • What worked for you
  • Planning for next session
  • Guest presenter on Nov. 16??
  • Devoting time to trying a digital piece??